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The Day Will Dawn
Thrilling drama of the new secret front!
6.0(6)19421h 38m
When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassigned as a foreign correspondent in Norway. En route, his ship is attacked by a German U-boat, but his warning to the Royal Navy is dismissed and he loses his post. With the German invasion of Norway soon after, Metcalfe returns, determined to uncover enemy operations and strike back against the occupiers.
- Director
- Harold French
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Cast

Hugh Williams
Colin Metcalfe

Griffith Jones
Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)

Deborah Kerr
Kari Alstad

Ralph Richardson
Frank Lockwood
Francis L. Sullivan
Kommandant Ulrich Wettau

Roland Culver
Cmdr. Pittwaters

Finlay Currie
Capt. Alstad

Niall MacGinnis
Olaf
Elizabeth Mann
Gerda

Raymond Huntley

Patricia Medina
Ingrid

Roland Pertwee
Capt. Waverley

Henry Oscar
Newspaper Editor

David Horne
Evans, Foreign Editor

Henry Hewitt
Jack, News Editor
John Warwick
Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
Brefni O'Rorke
Political Journalist

Bernard Miles
McAllister (Irish Soldier)
Beckett Bould
Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal
Olaf Olsen
Langedal's Schoolmaster

Gus McNaughton
Army Sergeant

George Carney
Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub

John Salew
"Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub

Meriel Forbes
Milly, the Barmaid
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Crew
Directing
- Harold FrenchDirector
- E.J. HoldingAssistant Director
Writing
- Patrick KirwanScreenplay
- Frank OwenStory
- Terence RattiganScreenplay
- Anatole de GrunwaldScreenplay
Production
- Paul SoskinProducer
- Tom WhiteProduction Manager
- Harold BoxallExecutive In Charge Of Production
Camera
- Cyril J. KnowlesDirector of Photography
Editing
- Michael C. ChorltonEditor
Sound
- Richard AddinsellMusic
- C. C. StevensSound Recordist
- Muir MathiesonConductor
- A.W. WatkinsSound Supervisor
Art
- William C. AndrewsArt Direction
Crew
- Patrick KirwanTreatment
- Terence RattiganTreatment
- Anatole de GrunwaldTreatment
Lighting
- Bernard KnowlesLighting Manager